David joined SCV in 2004 and currently serves on the board of BrightContext Corp.
Prior to joining Southern Capitol Ventures, David was with Deloitte Consulting where he
managed strategic technology projects for the newly formed Department of Homeland Security.
David was on the boards of SCV portfolio companies ArtusLabs (acquired by PerkinElmer –
March 2011) and AVIcode (acquired by Microsoft – Oct 2010). He is co-Founder and former
Chief Technology Officer of medical device portal, Orthocopia.com, which provides surgical
information to operating room professionals.
David’s background in technology stems from the military where he served as a Naval Aviator
flying over 1900 hours in the P-3C Orion. David served as the Weapons and Operations Officer
during two deployments to the Mediterranean theater and North Atlantic and led a Naval
Intelligence special projects crew testing cutting-edge technologies for acoustic and non-acoustic
sensors and combat mission hardware and software.
David received the Triangle Business Journal’s “40 under 40″ leadership award and is a
frequent guest lecturer at UNC Kenan Flagler Business School. He received his BS in Electrical
Engineering from the US Naval Academy, his MS from the University of Virginia and his MBA
from UNC Chapel Hill.



